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A Survey of Campaign Finance and Lobbying Laws in the 50 States, District of Columbia, New York City, and Seattle
March 19, 2019  •  By Eric Wang  •    •  , , , ,

The Institute for Free Speech (“IFS”) has reviewed the laws in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, New York City, and Seattle regulating speech about government to determine how much of a regulatory burden each jurisdiction imposes on this core First Amendment activity. The following analysis examines each state’s laws according to 12 major issues (several of which are comprised of multiple sub-issues) that are regulated under this area.

Honest Ads Act Might Not Harm Facebook, But What About Everyone Else?
July 15, 2019  •  By Meghan Brandabur  •  

The "Honest Ads Act" has recently been thrust back into the spotlight, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reiterated his support for it at the ...

Amicus Brief: Maryland Online Speech Law a “Massive Overreaction”
June 7, 2019  •  By IFS Staff  •  , ,

The Institute for Free Speech today filed an amicus brief in the online speech and press rights case, The Washington Post, et al. v. ...

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Calzone v. Missouri Ethics Commission

Can a state government fine you simply for talking to state legislators? That is the question at the center of Calzone v. Missouri Ethics Commission. In August 2016, the Center for Competitive Politics (now the Institute for Free Speech) took the case of Ron Calzone, a citizen activist in the state of Missouri. Some legislators and lobbyists in the state...

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